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From Tribeca Film. Tim Heidecker (Tim & Eric Awesome Show) stars as an aging hipster testing the limits of acceptable behavior with his like-minded friends (Eric Wareheim, LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy) in this provocative character study.

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Moira MacDonald

The longest and dreariest 94 minutes I've spent on a movie this year.

Wesley Morris

None of this is necessarily funny. That's the extent of the irony here.

Barbara VanDenburgh

The joke, I guess, is that there's nothing funny about "The Comedy."

David Lewis

A mean-spirited piece of mumblecore that tries to provoke you, but only succeeds in boring you.

Kyle Smith

A character study that tries to make the revolting compelling.

A.O. Scott

If you can discern any critical distance or interesting perspective here, or even a good reason to spend 90 minutes in such company, I'm afraid the joke is on you.

Not the Comedy You are Thinking of... It is amazing to see Tim Heidecker do a role such as this. He really captures the nature of someone who has not grown past his glorified youth and now wallow about life in the most pathetic way. You actually feel bad for Tim's character; His life is just boring and despicable. He lived his life for laughs and only that, and many of the engagements between characters really encapsulate this. He was always upset when he could not illicit a predicted response or was given the opposite one. The people who did end up laughing at his jokes were young, impressionable women whom did not know better, and you could sense that he knew that too. The director gave each scene a purpose to flesh out this character, and Tim really gave the character the depth that this film needed. Don't let the name fool you, the film is not a comedy: His life was "The Comedy."

The Empty Williamsburg Existance This is an independent film and explores the often miss understood aging "cool kid". Heidecker covers the role brilliantly, a great departure from his other work. Fans of his other work maybe disappointed.

The Comedy A day in the life. Communally there is a whole generation that has a sense of lostness. It's not talked about. In a spiritual way it screams at us. But, what does the individual do about it? Can you do anything about it? How do you listen? I don't know. Do you want to get a beer and go to my boat?

support quality independent filmmaking I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, watched it twice and will likely watch again. mainstream american cinema is festering in the toilet, we need more voices like Alverson.